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General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread — Page 93

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Star Wars has been pimped out for years now. On the bright side, more Emperor dialog for fan edits.

Where were you in '77?

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It's okay. Not everybody looks in here.

Where were you in '77?

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Please.  Everyone looks at all my threads. ;-)

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Haha... I was merely trying to like something along the lines of "Great minds think alike"... Or something.

Right, off to get some power converters at the Toshi station. 

What’s the internal temperature of a TaunTaun? Luke warm.

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      Ooh, I've got one. Haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere: GL saw the marked shift between TOS and TNG and thought it might make a good shift in his own scifi series. TOS is far out in the rough and rude hinterlands. Everything is sort of ad hoc and improvised, the characters and the ship seem utterly on their own most of the time. TNG seems as though it takes place closer to the core Federation territory, everything is neat and tidy and has access to a huge establishment.
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^That pretty much why I think Roddenberry and Lucas are just two sides of the same revisionist coin. The only difference between the two is that Gene was far more subtle in his sabotage.

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Cheewie the Wookie.

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

END OF LINE

(It hasn’t happened yet)

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Don't know if this was posted someplace or maybe deserves its own recognition, but sounds like a nice Kickstarter in support of Peter Mayhew.

The blue elephant in the room.

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Sounds interesting. I wish we could kickstart that book he was pitching many years ago that Lucasfilm allegedly scuttled.

I hope Peter will be up and walking by the time the sequel gets rolling. I can't imagine Han without Chewie at his side. It's like the Lone Ranger without Tonto!

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In the Prodigy song "Climbatize" the main drum loop was sampled from "Air Drums from Outer Bongolia" by English electronic duo The Jedi Knights.

Liam Howlett sampled the drums without the group's permission, and The Jedi Knights threatened to sue The Prodigy. However, Howlett already knew that The Jedi Knights themselves had sampled the drums from an older track entitled "Bongolia" by American funk group Incredible Bongo Band without permission.

XL Recordings, the Prodigy's record label, bought the rights to the Incredible Bongo Band track and threatened to sue The Jedi Knights. Media coverage of the event attracted film producer George Lucas, who sued The Jedi Knights for taking their stage name from the Star Wars term "Jedi Knight", which Lucas created.

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Found this whole awesome "Extending LP artwork" thing. Take an LP cover and imagine if was only a cropped version of the original image. There are hundreds but here are a few SW ones...

This one isn't SW but it is the best oe on the page IMO...

VIZ TOP TIPS! - PARENTS. Impress your children by showing them a floppy disk and telling them it’s a 3D model of a save icon.

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doubleKO said:

In the Prodigy song "Climbatize" the main drum loop was sampled from "Air Drums from Outer Bongolia" by English electronic duo The Jedi Knights.

Liam Howlett sampled the drums without the group's permission, and The Jedi Knights threatened to sue The Prodigy. However, Howlett already knew that The Jedi Knights themselves had sampled the drums from an older track entitled "Bongolia" by American funk group Incredible Bongo Band without permission.

XL Recordings, the Prodigy's record label, bought the rights to the Incredible Bongo Band track and threatened to sue The Jedi Knights. Media coverage of the event attracted film producer George Lucas, who sued The Jedi Knights for taking their stage name from the Star Wars term "Jedi Knight", which Lucas created.

Yet, he's apparently left the bands Nerf Herder and Droid alone. Go figure.

I still marvel that Lucas actually got a copyright on droid.

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Sometimes to get to sleep I put on RLM's prequel reviews. So cathartic.  Or recently, What If the Prequels Were Good (that actually is quite good and worth considering for PT rewriters). If there was a willing artist, an animated or even still-image alternative prequel with good voice work would be awesome.

The blue elephant in the room.

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Mrebo said:

Sometimes to get to sleep I put on RLM's prequel reviews. So cathartic.  

You're weird.

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Mrebo said:

Sometimes to get to sleep I put on RLM's prequel reviews. So cathartic.  Or recently, What If the Prequels Were Good (that actually is quite good and worth considering for PT rewriters). If there was a willing artist, an animated or even still-image alternative prequel with good voice work would be awesome.

I do this!  ...and what if the prequels were good is an amazing video. 

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Given the inevitability of the OUT on BD, I'm considering selling my unopened 2006 limited edition DVDs and 2008 box set. They're selling at decent prices right now and I doubt it will go much higher, but certainly the prices will plummet when the BDs come out.

Here's one listing I found. The individual unopened DVDs are listed at amazon by third party sellers for $55 or so.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-Set-of-3-Limited-Edition-Star-Wars-DVDs-SEALED-Unaltered-Original-Films-/281161004292?pt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&hash=item4176807504

 

 

“Grow up. These are my Disney's movies, not yours.”

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When you look at this image

JEDIT:Explicit image removed. Post a link and a warning about the content next time.


does it inspire fear or does it inspire love?

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So Jar Jar was a child molester...?

...probably still not the worst side of his personality.

VIZ TOP TIPS! - PARENTS. Impress your children by showing them a floppy disk and telling them it’s a 3D model of a save icon.